alcyon
noun
al·cy·on
ˈal-sē-ən
plural -s
: a soft coral of Alcyonium or a related genus
Word History
Etymology
New Latin Alcyonium, genus of soft corals, from Greek alkyoneion, alkyonion, a zoophyte, from neuter of alkyoneios of a kingfisher, from alkyōn kingfisher; from its resemblance to a kingfisher's nest
First Known Use
1862, in the meaning defined above
- hanging in there
- hanging indention
- hanging it up
- hanging keel
- hanging lie
- hanging lobster claw
- hanging lobster claws
- hanging loose
- hanging moss
- hanging off
- hanging on
- hanging on to
- hanging one on
- hanging out
- hanging over
- hanging paper
- hanging participle
- hanging post
- hanging rail
- hanging side
- hanging sleeve
- hanging stairs
- hanging stile
- hanging together
- hanging up